Combined hay and stock rack



.(No Model.) 2 Sheets--Sheet 1.

K. JONES.

GDMBINED HAY AND STOGK RACK.

Patented Sept. 10,1895..

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GUMBINED HAY AND STCK RACK.

No. 546,158. atened Sepf 10 1895.

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KINSEY JONES, OF GALESVILLE, VSCONSIN.

COMBINED HAY AND STOCK RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 546,158, dated September 10, 1895.

Application tiled January 3l, 1895.

.To all whom it rim/ y concern,.-

Beit known that I, KINSEY JONES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Galesville, in the county of Trempealeau and State of T'Visconsin, have invented a new and useful Combined Hay and Stoch Rack, of which the following is a speciiication.

The invention relates to improvements in combined hay and stock racks.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of stock and hay racks, and to provide a simple and inexpensive one which will be capable of being readily arranged to form eiiherastock or hay rack.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wagon-body provided with my im provement, the parts being arranged to form a hay-rack. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a similar view, the parts being arranged to form a stock-rack. Fig. t is a detail perspective view oi' the hinge connection between the sides of the rack and the wagon-body. Fig. 5 is asimilar view showing the parts of the hinge connection' arranged in a different manner from that shown in Fig. 4. Fig. G is a vertical sectional view ot the front portion of the wagon-body and raclr, showing the front standard loweredand illustrating the construction of the braces for supporting the foot-board at the front of the body. Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view of one side of the rear portion of the rack, illustrating the manner of detachably securing the hinged end gate. Fig. S is a detail perspective view of one of the' front cleats of the wagon-body. Fig. 9 is a detail perspective view of one of the hinges of the rear end of the rack. Fig. 10 is a detail perspective view of one of the supporting-brackets of the side steps of the body.

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1 designates a wagon-body of ordinary construction, provided with sides 2 and having transverse cleats 3, projecting beyond the Serial No. 536,841. (No model.)

sides and extending across the lower face of the bottom of the body; and secured to the outer faces 0f the sides, and to the upper faces of the projecting ends ofthe transverse cleats, are triangular bracketirons 4. Each triangular bracket-iron consists of a vertical portion secured to the side of the Wagon-body, a horizontal portion attached to the cleat, and a rigid inclined bracing portion; and it is provided at its top with an eye 5, which is hinged by means of a pintle 6 with a corresponding eye 7 of a leaf-bar or strap-iron 8, having secured to it the longitudinal slats or bars 9, which form one of the sides of a rack. The bracket 4f is provided at its angle with a perforated lug or eye 1l, to which is removably hinged, by means of a pintle 12, the lower end 13 of an adjustable brace 14, extending from the triangular bracket to the leaf-bar or strap-iron 8. The leaf-bar or strap 8 is provided with a longitudinal enlargement, and has a longitudinal slot 15 therein, to receive a removable pintle 16, connecting the upper end of the adjustable brace le with the leafbar. The lower end of the adjustable brace 14 is bifurcated and straddles the rigid in` clined portion of the triangular bracket 4, and the upper end 17 of the adjustable brace has a smaller bifurcation, which straddles the enlargement or boss of the leaf-barB. By this construction the sides of the rack are adapted to be arranged in a vertical position, as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the accompanying drawings, to provide a stock-rack or the like, and also to be arranged in an inclined position, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings, to form a hay-rack. 1When the sides of the raclr are vertical, the wagen is adapted not only for stock, but its capacity is increased to enable it to haul a large quantity of any character of load-snch as corn, potatoes, and the like. The leaf-bar 8 is provided in advance of the longitudinal slot with an eye 18 for the reception of the pintle 1G, whereby the upper end of the ad j ustable brace is hinged at one point to the leaf-bar and is not adapted to move longitudinally of the saine. The lower pintle of the adjustable brace is then removed to detach the adjustable brace from the perforated lug or eye at the angle of the triangular bracket, and this frees the lower end of the brace lt and enables the parts to be adjusted to raise and lower the sides of the stock-rack.

The front end of the stoclorack is rigidly secured to the wagon-body, and this front end 19 consists of horizontal slats or bars secured to inclined cleats or bars 20, arranged at an inclination and converging upward and connected by transverse pieces 2i and 22, Whereby a way is formed for a vertically-adj ustable standard 23. The standard 23 is adapted to be raised, as illustrated in Fig. l, of the accompanying drawings, when it is desired to form a hay-rack, and itis secured in its elevated posi tion by fastening devices disposed transversely ofthe vehicle and passing through the upper ends ct the inclined bars or cleats 2O and the lower ends of the side pieces of thestandard The sides of the rack are supported in an inclined position by chains 24:, secured to the sides of the rack and adapted to engage projections 25 of the front end of the rack. These projections 25 extend from the bars or cleats 20, and the chains serve as means kfor securing the front ends of the sides of the rack in a vertical position, The rear end 27 of the rack is hinged to one of the sides thereof at 28 and is adapted to fold down on the adjacent side when the parts are arranged to form a hay-rack, as iliustrated in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings, and it is provided at its other side with projecting keepers 30,

which, when the sides are arranged vertically, entend through openings 3l of the adjacent Y side and receive a removable rod 32 located on the outer face of the rack. By this construction the sides of. the rack are rmly secured in a vertical position to form a stock-rack or the like. The hinges 2S consist of two leaves 2S and 281', each having its pintle or eye olfset to provide a sli-ght space between the end of the gate 27 and the adjacent side of the rack to permit the end 27 to swing either forward or rearward. The forward swinging of the end 27 permits it to fold and lie flat against the adjacent side of the rack when the partsrare arranged to form a hay rack, and its outward swinging permits the stock-rack to be opened and closed, as will be readily understood.

Each endboard of the box or wagon-body is supported by metal cleats 35 and 35, arranged vertically on the inner faces of the sides of the wagonbody and designed to be secured to the same by the fastening devices for attaching the adjacent hinges of the sides of the rack. Each front cleat 35' is provided with three vertical flanges 36, forming inner and outer vertical grooves or ways, and arranged therein are the front end-board and standard. The end-board is arranged in the outer vertical groove or way, and the inner vertical groove or way of the cleat is adapted to receive removably the front standard. At their rear edges the vertical cleats 35 and 35 are provided with perforated ears 37 for the santas reception ofthe transverse rods 88, located near the top and bottom of the wagon-body- The rear cleats 35 are provided with two flanges for the reception of the end-gate.

The wagon-body is provided at each side with a step 39, whichl is arranged on the upper facesof projecting cleats, and the step is supported at its ends by substantially triangular brackets 40, having vertical inner sides secured to the outer faces of the sides of the wagon-body. Each bracket is provided at its lower inner angle with a depending stud fit ting in a socket of the adjacent cleat, and the bottom of the bracket is angnlarly bent to provide an upwardly offset outer portion to fit against the upper face of the step, the iuner portion of the bottom of the bracket titting against the upper face of the adjacent cleat. The brackets firmly support the step, and also serve to strengthen the wagon-body. The leaf 28L of the hinge 28 is secured to the adjacent side of the rack, and the other leaf 28b preferably consists of a metal strap rectangular in form and straddling the adjacent terminal of the contiguous bar of the pensivein construction, and `that itis suscep tible of easy conversion to change it from one form of rack to the other. It will also be parent that the hinged connection between the sides of the rack and the sides of the body is capable of being adjusted to change the form of the connection and the arrangement of the adjustable brace.

Changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

1. In a combined hay and stock rack, the combination with a wagon body and a side of a rack, of a triangular bracket secured to the body and arranged on the exterior of the side of the same and provided at its top at the up per edge of the body with au eye and having at its base a perforated lug or eye, a leaf bar secured to the side f the rackand provided TOO with a pintle arranged in the longitudinal slot of the leaf bar, substantially as described.

2. in a combined hay and stock rack, the

combination with a Wagon body and a side of ka rack, of a triangular bracket arranged vertioally on the exterior of the side of the body and provided at the uppei` edge thereof with an eye and having at its bottom in its angle a perforated lug or eye, a leaf bar disposed transversely of the side of the rack and provided at the lower edge thereof with an eye hinged to the eye at the top of the bracket, and hinging the rack to the body said leaf bar being secured to the side of the rack and provided with an enlargement and having a longitudinal slot therein and provided adjacent to the slot with an eye, and an adj ostable brace having its lower portion bifurcated and straddling the bracket and detaehably hinged to the perforated lug or eye at the bottom thereof, said brace having its upper por-v tion bifnrcated and provided with a removable pintle arranged in the slot and adapted to lit the eye of the leaf bar, substantially as described.

3. In a combined hay and stock rack, the combination of a wagon body, hingedly mounted sides, the front end of the rack rigidly secured tothe body and provided on its inner face with a way, a vertically movable standard A mounted in saidrway and adapted to be raised when the parts are to be used as a hay rack, and to be lowered when the same is to be employed as a stock rack, and means for secu ring the standard in its elevated position, substantially as described.

1i. In a combined hay and stool; rack, the combination of a Wagon body, the hingedly mounted sides, the front end of the rack rigidly secured to the body and provided with a way, the vertically movable standard slidingly mounted in said way, means for securing the standard in its elevated position and the rear' end of the rack hinged to one side thereof and detachably secured to the other side, and adapted to fold against the side to which it is hinged, substantially as described.

5. In a combined hay and stock raelt, the combination of a wagon body, the hingedly mounted sides, the rear end of the rack, hin ges connecting the rear end of the rack with one of the sides and having their pintles and eyes odset from the leaves, whereby the rear end of the raelris adapted to swing forward, as Well as rearward, and adapted to 4fold against the side to which it is hinged and means for securing the rear end of the rack to the other side of the same, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

KINSEY JONES.

Witnesses:

J. F. CANCE, A.. C. BoHnNsrEoie 

